Prayer for the Day

by Revd Canon David White

23rd November 2025 - Christ the King

Lord God, we ask you to give us your heart
for the vulnerable, the oppressed,
the disadvantaged and the forgotten.
Help us to see them as you see them;
to value them as you value them;
and to nurture and protect them as they deserve.
Help each one of us to play our part
in creating safer places for all your people.
In your name we pray,  Amen.

Last Sunday, 16th November, was Safeguarding Sunday and this is a prayer for everyone directly involved with safeguarding in our churches – which is every single one of us, not just Val and Sally, the Safeguarding Co-ordinators in the East Trent Group. We are all responsible for ensuring that our churches keep people safe. So, isn’t this prayer a week late? Yes…and no.

The problem with having just one designated Sunday is that when it’s over we forget – especially as the issues that safeguarding raises can be so difficult. But our attention to safeguarding is, as they say, 365/24/7, that is, constant and continuing and not confined to one day a year.

Having this prayer now reminds us of that and also, as we celebrate Christ the King today, that the authority of Jesus Christ as King, subverts and resists worldly thinking. His judgments are about how much people live kingdom values – whether they give help and hospitality to those in need, care for the disadvantaged and those who are hurting or sick.

We are the Body of Christ which carries with it responsibilities as well as privileges and joys.